An interactive mobile control center for cyber-physical systems

Abstract

Cyber-physical Systems (CPS) connect the virtual world of software and services with the real world of humans, objects and things. Sensors and actuators enable the detection and manipulation of physical and virtual properties. However, ubiquitous access for controlling and monitoring of all CPS components is a major challenge due to the complexity of CPS--numerous control options, devices and high volumes of data. We present a user-friendly mobile control center for CPS. It allows non-expert users to ubiquitously access all sensors, actuators, processes and more complex components represented by service robots. We demonstrate the control center in the smart home domain.